Antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus and molecular epidemiology of meticillin-resistant S. aureus isolated from Australian hospital inpatients: Report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance 2011 Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance Programme

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Coombs, Geoffrey W ^a,b   Pearson, Julie C ^a   Nimmo, Graeme R ^c   Collignon, Peter J ^d   Bell, Jan M ^e   McLaws, Mary Louise ^f   Christiansen, Keryn J ^a,b   Turnidge, John D ^e  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

^d CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital inpatients; MRSA; MSSA; Period prevalence studies; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFTAROLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 84882427103     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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